Towards Nutrition MDGs in Burkina Faso: Will Capacity to Act Follow the Commitment?
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The past few years have witnessed an increasing interest in nutrition interventions, which have emerged as a key matter to achieve MDGs. While political commitment is widely spread, more needs to be done to improve operational capacity. This article, resulting from the Landscape Analysis Country Assessment, provides an overall picture of Burkina Faso’s nutrition situation and outlines the steps to be taken over the next few years to develop more effective nutrition programmes and improve nutritional status across the whole population. It addresses several topics from policy down to services delivery levels and community involvement.
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